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Leigh Greenwood | Giveaway and Excerpt for FOREVER AND ALWAYS

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About FOREVER AND ALWAYS

HE KNOWS SHE CAN NEVER BE HIS...

Logan Holstock, oldest of three brothers orphaned on the Santa Fe Trail, has
always been content knowing his brothers were alive and happy somewhere in the
vast and brutal West-until he learns he may be dying. Certain he has little time
left, Logan sets out to find them and end his days near a family he's never
known...and stumbles across a strong yet vulnerable widow who makes him yearn
for what can never be his.

Logan knows he shouldn't love Sibyl Spencer-he couldn't bear leaving her a widow all over again. But as he finds himself drawn deeper into the lives of this small Western town, he can't escape the longing to find peace in her arms. When he discovers that his death sentence is anything but, Logan swears he will do whatever it takes to prove himself to the woman he loves...and show he believes their love is worth fighting for.
FOREVER AND ALWAYS

Read the Excerpt

Sibyl gasped as one robber pointed his gun at Horace, and the other turned back
on Norman. The sound of pistol shots was deafening. She expect to see Horace
fall, mortally wounded. Instead, the robber crumpled into a heap. A second
explosion, following so close on the first that it sounded like an echo, sent
the robber who’d shot Norman to the ground. In the confusion, Cassie managed to
break away from her captor. A third gunshot sent him into the next world after
his fellow thieves. The remaining robber grabbed Sibyl to use as a shield.

Everything had happened so fast, it took a moment for Sibyl to realize three
robbers were dead, and that a stranger with a gun in his hand was standing just
inside the bank door. Cassie and Horace were staring at him with riveted gazes,
their eyes wide from shock.

No one had seen or heard the man enter the bank. He was tall and thin, his face
so bloated his eyes seemed to stare at them out of deep wells. Sibyl was certain
she’d never seen him before. It would have been impossible to forget such a
face. At the moment, however, she didn’t have time to wonder who he might be.
She was standing between two guns, one held by the stranger and one by the
outlaw. She could be the next one to die.

β€œLet her go,” the stranger said. β€œYou can have the cash.”

β€œI’m not a fool. If I let her go, you’ll shoot me.”

β€œI’ll shoot you if you don’t.”

β€œDon’t do anything foolish,” the man growled at Sibyl.

Sibyl could tell by his shaking voice that he was as stunned by the unexpected
turn of events as she was. β€œYou’d better take your own advice,” she responded.
β€œIf you shoot me, you will die for sure.”

β€œWe’re getting out of here together. There’s a back door.”

Sibyl wasn’t willing to trust her safety to this man. As soon as he tried to
pull her back toward the rear door, she went limp. The bank echoed with the
sound of a shot, and the robber and Sibyl tumbled to the floor. It seemed the
stranger was at her side the moment she hit the floor.

β€œAre you okay?”

Sibyl was so horrified by what she’d just witnessedβ€”and the blood spatters
covering most of her upper bodyβ€”she couldn’t get a word out, but she did manage
to sit up.

Cassie wasn’t similarly handicapped. β€œI’m sure glad you got here when you did,”
she said to the stranger. β€œThat son of a bitch who grabbed me smelled bad.” She
looked around at the bodies and the blood. β€œYou made a real mess. I hope
nobody’s expecting me to clean it up.”

Sibyl didn’t know whether to laugh or take the easy way out and faint. Instead,
she took the hand the stranger offered.

Giveaway

Leave a comment below for a chance to win a copy of TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the first book in the Cactus Creek Cowboys trilogy.

About Leigh Greenwood

Leigh Greenwood is the author of both the popular Seven Brides series and The
Cowboys series. The proud parent of three grown children, Leigh lives in
Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Comments

28 comments posted.

Re: Leigh Greenwood | Giveaway and Excerpt for FOREVER AND ALWAYS

This book sounds sooooo exciting !!! Can hardly wait to read it . I'm sure the Cactus Creek Cowboys trilogy will all be GREAT reads . I love the Cowboys !! Congrats on this first book . I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this book .
(Joan Thrasher 9:55am November 4, 2015)

Sounds like a good story.
(Marissa Yip-Young 10:15am November 4, 2015)

I would love to get this book. I am a huge fan of Leigh
Greenwood from way back.
(Edward Washington 10:26am November 4, 2015)

This book sounds really good. I love reading books about
cowboys, would be great to win a copy!! Thanks for the
chance :)
(Darlene Carroll 10:43am November 4, 2015)

As with all of your books, this one sounds fantastic! I
would love to win this book and add it to my "Leigh Greenwood"
bookshelf. Happy Holidays
(Kimberley Coover 10:44am November 4, 2015)

I love a good western romance, both historicals and contemporaries.
(Cheryl Castings 11:43am November 4, 2015)

Thank you so much for sharing and for the chance to win!
(Colleen Conklin 11:50am November 4, 2015)

This book sounds awesome. I would love to have a chance to red
it. Good luck everyone!
(Renae Kelly 12:48pm November 4, 2015)

This sounds like a book I'd love to read. Thanks for the chance to win it plus it's gong on my TBR list!!
(Bonnie Capuano 1:31pm November 4, 2015)

This looks fantastic!
(Amy Weienaar 2:08pm November 4, 2015)


(Emily Stemp 2:09pm November 4, 2015)

All of your books are great,so this one will be good too,
(Jeri Dickinson 3:01pm November 4, 2015)

Book sounds great cant wait to read it
(Lilian Gamble 6:48pm November 4, 2015)

this book sounds so good! love reading your books!
(Carole Fiore 7:33pm November 4, 2015)

I love this kind of book.
(Wilma Frana 9:15pm November 4, 2015)

I love romance westerns and I put this book on my TBR list! Sounds great!!
(Bonnie Capuano 9:42am November 5, 2015)

That sure was a pretty powerful excerpt!! Your book seems good
enough to be read by not only Women, but when I finish it, I'd
probably pass it on to my Husband to read. He loves to read
Westerns, and I think that this book will be no exception.
Congratulations on your latest book, and I'm sure it's going to
do quite well!! It's already on my TBR list, and will make a
welcomed addition to my Fall/Winter reading list!!
(Peggy Roberson 11:50am November 5, 2015)

I love reading trilogies, and cowboys are always awesome! I look forward to
checking this out.
(Lily Shah 3:51pm November 5, 2015)

I enjoy westerns and cowboys so looking forward to reading this trilogy.
(Melinda Marks 5:07pm November 5, 2015)

Cowboy's are sooo sexy.
(B Tritt 6:05pm November 5, 2015)

This book sounds like a good read.
Marilyn
(Marilyn Collins 6:18pm November 5, 2015)

Would love to have this book to read
(Jeri Dickinson 6:43pm November 5, 2015)

That the semester cowboy I ever seen on a cover.
(Emily Stemp 10:15am November 6, 2015)

It sounds like a great book. Thanks.
(Pam Howell 11:07am November 6, 2015)

I always like Leigh's books.
(Laura Gullickson 9:10pm November 7, 2015)

I love to start at the beginning of a series - love the
cowboys!
(Diane Sallans 10:01pm November 7, 2015)

Great excerpt! I would love to win this book!
(HiDee Ekstrom 11:20pm November 7, 2015)

Like the blurb.
(Beth Elder 4:56pm November 20, 2015)

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